Lead Tax Manager

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

The Lead Tax Manager – Federal Income Tax Research & Planning serves as a technical advisor responsible for analyzing complex U.S. federal income tax matters, supporting strategic transactions, and developing well-supported tax positions. This role provides practical, business-focused tax guidance across corporate initiatives while balancing tax efficiency, audit defensibility, financial reporting considerations, and operational feasibility.

• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. federal income tax law, including corporate tax, partnership taxation, consolidated returns, attributes (NOLs, credits, basis), accounting methods, and transaction‑specific provisions.

• Ability to research, interpret, and apply IRC provisions, Treasury Regulations, case law, IRS guidance, and legislative history to complex fact patterns. Experience analyzing tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, internal restructurings, financing arrangements, and partnership transactions.

• Identifies tax risks, opportunities, and structural alternatives to minimize cash taxes and optimize tax expense within acceptable risk parameters.

• Provides direct tax support to Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Corporate Real Estate, and business teams on transactional matters.

• Participates in tax due diligence, transaction modeling, and post‑close integration planning.

• Prepares well‑supported tax research memoranda, position papers, and technical analyses for internal use, compliance reporting, and audit defense. Documents federal income tax positions to support tax return reporting and financial statement disclosure.

• Analyzes enacted tax legislation and communicates impacts to relevant stakeholders, including potential planning opportunities or required process changes.

• Develops a deep understanding of legal entity structures, accounting treatment, and operational cash flows to inform tax recommendations.

• Manages projects involving multiple stakeholders and drives work streams to completion while meeting deadlines. Effectively communicates complex tax concepts to non‑tax partners in clear, practical terms.

• Exercises sound professional judgment in applying technical tax rules to real‑world business constraints.

• Balances tax optimization with audit defensibility, financial reporting considerations, and operational feasibility.

• Supports income tax compliance, tax accounting, and federal income tax audits as needed.

• Leverages AI‑enabled tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot or similar) to accelerate tax research by summarizing statutes, regulations, rulings, and case law while retaining responsibility for technical conclusions.

• Uses AI to draft and refine tax research memos, transaction summaries, and stakeholder communications, improving speed and consistency while applying professional judgment.

• Applies AI‑assisted data analysis to review transaction fact patterns, compare structural alternatives, identify anomalies, and support modeling assumptions.

• Understands appropriate governance, confidentiality, and validation controls when using AI with tax‑sensitive and financial data.

This person will help the organization make informed business and transaction decisions by identifying tax risks, planning opportunities, and structuring alternatives that align with corporate objectives and acceptable risk parameters. By partnering with Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Corporate Real Estate, and business teams, the Lead Tax Manager will translate complex tax rules into actionable recommendations, support compliance and audit readiness, and improve the speed and quality of tax research and documentation through responsible use of AI‑enabled tools and technology.

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